Marquez and Lorenzo immediately fast in Jerez

Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo well inside the top ten after a strong opening day on home soil.

Strong sun throughout Friday practice at the Spanish GP highlighted the new Jerez tarmac as the Repsol Honda Team made the most of every moment on the familiar track.

Only challenged for the top spot in Free Practice 1 by his teammate, reigning MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez continued his form into FP2. Remaining fast, Marquez ultimately ended Free Practice 2 in fourth with a 1’38.147 – less than a third of a second splitting the top four. Marquez’s morning time has him second on the combined times, 0.012s behind Petrucci and one of only two riders to set a 1’37.

Jorge Lorenzo experienced his strongest Friday as a Repsol Honda Team rider, finishing FP1 in second. Working on the setting of his Honda RC213V, a red flag late session left Lorenzo with less than three minutes to set a fast lap. A 1’38.445 on his final run moved Lorenzo to ninth in FP2. Thanks to his FP1 time of 1’38.045, Lorenzo concludes the opening day of practice fourth overall.

The two Repsol Honda Team riders led the Honda charge on the combined time sheets, Honda riders filling five of the top nine spots.

Free Practice 3 at 09:55 tomorrow, Saturday May 04, will host the second and final battle for direct passage to Q2.

Marc Marquez

2nd1'37.921

“Basically today was a normal Friday, trying to be consistent and working mostly for the race and on our overall pace. I feel good from the beginning and we kept improving. I’m happy but of course we have to keep working, we’ve started well. The new tarmac has great grip. When we came here with the old tarmac there was one setup and now it’s another setup. We started with a good pace so are trying some things and we don’t have the same problems we had in Austin which is helping me to ride constant and exactly like I want. There are many riders who are quick so we have to be careful!”

Jorge Lorenzo

4th1'38.045

“This morning we were very strong and I was able to ride how I want and show the potential we have. I was very comfortable and able to make consistent lap times quite easily. In the afternoon we tried a setting on the other bike which wasn’t in the correct direction so we weren’t able to be as fast and it was hotter, which did not help. But we have been able to make good progress already at a track which I like and we are ready for tomorrow.”

MotoGP 2019Friday, May 3rd 2019

Practice
Round 4
Gran Premio de EspañaSpain

Spanish Grand Prix Combined Free Practice Classification

Pos.

Rider

Num

Nation

Team

Constructor

Time/Gap

1

Petrucci Danilo

9

ITA

Ducati Team

Ducati

1'37.909

2

Marquez Marc

93

SPA

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

0.012

3

Dovizioso Andrea

4

ITA

Ducati Team

Ducati

0.097

4

Lorenzo Jorge

99

SPA

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

0.136

5

Crutchlow Cal

35

GBR

LCR Honda

Honda

0.195

6

Vinales Maverick

12

SPA

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP

Yamaha

0.203

7

Nakagami Takaaki

30

JPN

LCR Honda

Honda

0.225

8

Quartararo Fabio

20

FRA

Petronas Yamaha SRT

Yamaha

0.300

9

Bradl Stefan

6

GER

HRC Test Team

Honda

0.464

10

Miller Jack

43

AUS

Pramac Racing

Ducati

0.555

11

Morbidelli Franco

21

ITA

Petronas Yamaha SRT

Yamaha

0.569

12

Rins Alex

42

SPA

Team Suzuki Ecstar

Suzuki

0.625

13

Bagnaia Francesco

63

ITA

Pramac Racing

Ducati

0.684

14

Espargaro Pol

44

SPA

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

KTM

0.726

15

Iannone Andrea

29

ITA

Aprilia Racing Team Gresini

Aprilia

0.767

16

Rossi Valentino

46

ITA

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP

Yamaha

0.772

17

Espargaro Aleix

41

SPA

Aprilia Racing Team Gresini

Aprilia

0.812

18

Mir Joan

36

SPA

Team Suzuki Ecstar

Suzuki

0.880

19

Zarco Johann

5

FRA

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

KTM

0.988

20

Rabat Tito

53

SPA

Reale Avintia Racing

Ducati

1.201

21

Smith Bradley

38

GBR

Aprilia Racing Test Team

Aprilia

1.501

22

Abraham Karel

17

CZE

Reale Avintia Racing

Ducati

1.623

23

Oliveira Miguel

88

POR

Red Bull KTM Tech 3

KTM

1.865

24

Syahrin Hafizh

55

MAL

Red Bull KTM Tech 3

KTM

2.985

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Location Information

Built in 1986 and hosting its first Grand Prix one year later, the circuit of Jerez is now one of the most popular MotoGP venues and the focal point for a city fanatical about sport. Set in a slight valley in the south of Spain, Jerez is blessed with consistently… read more.

Location Information

Built in 1986 and hosting its first Grand Prix one year later, the circuit of Jerez is now one of the most popular MotoGP venues and the focal point for a city fanatical about sport. Set in a slight valley in the south of Spain, Jerez is blessed with consistently… read more.